Product Description

The book of Genesis contains some of the most beautiful and well-known stories in the Bible: the garden, the flood, the tower of Babel, and the lives of the patriarchs. But these are more than just good stories. They lay the groundwork for God’s relationship with humanity and for his plan for our salvation, making Genesis foundational to understanding everything else that happens in the Bible.

Genesis reveals much about human nature and the nature of God. From the actions of the first man and woman, we see where our rebellious, sinful nature originates. And through the whole book we see the hand of a sovereign God who is loving and merciful, but also just and holy. Time and again in Genesis, God showers his grace upon undeserving humanity, giving us our first tastes of God’s enduring faithfulness that shines throughout the entire Bible.

R. Kent Hughes, respected pastor and author of many other commentaries in this series, takes readers back to the beginning of the Bible and moves through Genesis with careful exegesis. He explores the superbly crafted structure of the book as well as the weighty themes it contains. For those who preach, teach, and study God’s Word, this exceptionally detailed work will reveal much about the beginnings of God’s great story.

Table of Contents:

Beginning (1:1, 2)

Forming the Earth (1:3-13)

Filling the Earth (1:14-31)

God Rests (2:1-3)

East, in Eden (2:4-17)

Man and Woman (2:18-25)

Paradise Lost: The Fall (2:25-3:7)

Paradise Lost: The Confrontation (3:8-13)

Paradise Lost: Judgment and Sin (3:17-24)

The Way of Cain (4:1-16)

The Song of Lamech (4:17-26)

He Was No More (5:1-32)

Great Sin, Greater Grace (6:1-8)

De-creation: The Biblical Flood (6:9-7:24)

Re-creation: The World Restored (8:1-9:17)

Noah: Curse and Blessing (9:18-29)

Hope for the Nations (10:1-32)

All Man’s Babylons (11:1-9)

From Shem to Abraham (11:10-32)

The Life of Abraham: Faith Answers the Call (12:1-9)

Starting and Stumbling (12:10-20)

Magnanimous Faith (13:1-18)

Magnanimous Living (14:1-24)

Melchizedek the Priest-King (14:18-20)

Faith and Righteousness (15:1-6)

God’s Covenant with Abram (15:7-21)

Shortcutting Faith (16:1-16)

Covenant Confirmed (17:1-27)

Is Anything Too Hard for the Lord? (18:1-15)

God, Righteous and Just (18:16-33)

Molten Rain (19:1-29)

Finishing Un-well (19:30-38)

Old Sins (20:1-18)

Two Laughters (21:1-34)

The Lord Will Provide (22:1-19)

Promise and Purchase (23:1-20)

Faith and Providence (24:1-67)

The Death of Abraham (25:1-18)

Infamous Grace (25:19-34)

Weakness – God’s Presence – Blessing (26:1-33)

Pilfered Blessing (27:1-40)

An Angel-Freighted Ladder (27:41-28:22)

Deceiver Deceived (29:1-30)

Birth Wars! (29:31-30:24)

The Greening of Jacob (30:25-43)

Mesopotamian Exodus (31:1-55)

Jacob Becomes Israel (32:1-32)

Brothers Reconciled (33:1-20)

Fierce Grace (34:1-31)

Residuals (35:1-29)

The Generations of Esau (36:1-43)

Joseph’s Call (37:1-11)

Sold into Slavery (37:12-36)

Tamar and Judah (38:1-30)

Succeeding in Egypt (39:1-23)

Preparation for Greatness (40:1-23)

From Pit to Pinnacle (41:1-41)

Life at the Top (41:42-57)

Guilt and Grace (42:1-38)

Mercy in Egypt (43:1-34)

Transformation in Egypt (44:1-34)

Reconciliation in Egypt (45:1-28)

Preservation in Egypt (46:1-34)

Prospering in Egypt (47:1-31)

Faith and Blessing (48:1-22)

The Testament of Jacob I (49:1-12)

The Testament of Jacob II (49:13-33)

Jacob’s Exodus (50:1-14)

Good Providence (50:15-26)

Man and Sin in Genesis

Faith and Righteousness in Genesis (15:1-6)

Grace in Genesis (6:7, 8)

Messiah in Genesis (3:14, 15)

God in Genesis (2:1, 2)

Author

R. Kent Hughes (DMin, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is senior pastor emeritus of College Church in Wheaton, Illinois and a visiting professor of practical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hughes is also a founder of the Charles Simeon Trust, which conducts expository preaching conferences throughout North America and worldwide. He and his wife, Barbara, have four children and an ever-increasing number of grandchildren.